IShares Transportation Correlations

IYT Etf  USD 69.49  0.10  0.14%   
The current 90-days correlation between iShares Transportation and iShares Telecommunications ETF is 0.19 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of IShares Transportation is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

IShares Transportation Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between iShares Transportation Average and DJI is 0.21 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares Transportation Average and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in iShares Transportation Average. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in manufacturing.

Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.9XLI Industrial Select SectorPairCorr
  0.7ITA iShares Aerospace DefensePairCorr
  0.86VIS Vanguard IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.71FXR First Trust IndustriPairCorr
  0.67PPA Invesco Aerospace DefensePairCorr
  0.85IYJ iShares Industrials ETFPairCorr
  0.86FIDU Fidelity MSCI IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.67UPRO ProShares UltraPro SP500PairCorr
  0.61XTOC Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.69BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.68HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.68CVX Chevron CorpPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis

Click cells to compare fundamentals   Check Volatility   Backtest Portfolio

IShares Transportation Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between IShares Etf performing well and IShares Transportation ETF doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze IShares Transportation's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.